What is the first version of tally?

Answer 1

Tally 4.5

Tally was started with is first version of Tally 4.5, which was a DOS based program. This program was very light weight and very fast in operation.

Tally 5.4

The next version was 5.4 which was graphic interface version. It became popular in the masses. Its pirated copy made it most popular accounting software.

Tally 6.3

Next version was tally 6.3 which was truly windows based version which could support fast printing and with VAT implemented. Tally 6.3 came with water tight security in terms of piracy. With its dongle it was almost impossible to crack. Although crack of software were available but Tally's policy of frequent upgrades and newer releases does the trick.

Tally 7.2

Next version of Tally was Tally 7.2. It was also fast version with lots fo new feature like statutory compliant versions. Different VAT rules for different states was achieved with this version.

Tally 8.1

Tally 8.1 was developed with new data structure of Tally. A module of POS and Payroll was added to it. It could not live up to the expectations with the people and marred by bugs. Company rectified many but the version could not become popular and company has to abort it before time and launch new version.

Tally 9

This is the latest version of Tally which has maximum features. All other versions have been declared end of life period by Tally company. Tally 9 has advance features like Excise for Dealers, Payroll, FBT, TDS, e-TDS filing facility etc along wit its regular features related to accounting and inventory management.

More information on Tally can be found at www.tallysolutions.com Tally's site.

For help articles and tutorials on Tally you can visit www.apnitally.com.

Answer 2

The very first version of the program called Tally was called Tally 4.5. This program is a DOS based computer program.